Juli' Bar, se of historic gay 'sip-,' threatened by panmic

Contents:

• JULI’, ONE OF NYC’S OLST GAY BARS, MAY FALLY BEE A CY LANDMARK
• NEW YORK CY'S OLST GAY BAR BE WT VILLAGE LANDMARK
• THE BT GAY BARS THE WT VILLAGE
• NYC'S OLST GAY BAR DIGNATED A LANDMARK FOR ITS HISTORY-MAKG ROLE ADVANCG LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
• JULI' BAR, SE OF HISTORIC GAY 'SIP-,' THREATENED BY PANMIC

JULI’, ONE OF NYC’S OLST GAY BARS, MAY FALLY BEE A CY LANDMARK

Juli’, one of New York’s olst gay bars, is on track to bee a cy landmark. Juli’ Bar Greenwich Village is signifint the area of social history for s associatn wh an important early event the morn gay rights movement.

NEW YORK CY'S OLST GAY BAR BE WT VILLAGE LANDMARK

Juli’, now the olst gay bar New York Cy (and also one of the olst bars the cy ntuo operatn), is a bar and rtrant that dat back to the neteenth century, wh s current sign probably datg om the late neteenth or early twentieth century. By the 1960s, some four s after Greenwich Village had bee the center of New York Cy’s LGBT muny, the bar was attractg a signifint number of gay men, although was not exclively a gay bar.

THE BT GAY BARS THE WT VILLAGE

On April 21, 1966, three members of the Mattache Society, an early and fluential gay rights anizatn, anized what beme known as a “sip-. ” Their tent was to challenge New York State Liquor Authory regulatns that were promulgated so that bars uld not serve drks to known or spected gay men or lbians, sce their prence was nsired facto disorrly.

The State Liquor Authory regulatns were one of the primary ernmental mechanisms of opprsn agast the gay muny bee preclud their right of ee assembly.

This was particularly important bee bars were one of the few plac where gay people uld meet each other. The sip- was part of a larger mpaign by more radil members of the Mattache Society to clarify laws and l that hibed the nng of gay bars as legimate, non-mob, tablishments and to stop the harassment of gay bar patrons.

NYC'S OLST GAY BAR DIGNATED A LANDMARK FOR ITS HISTORY-MAKG ROLE ADVANCG LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

When Dick Lesch, Craig Rodwell, John Timmons, and Randy Wicker announced that they were homosexuals and asked to be served a drk, the bartenr at Juli’ refed their requt.

This refal received a great al of publicy, cludg articl the New York Tim and the Village Voice, at a time when issu volvg discrimatn agast gay people were not generally discsed the prs. The reactn by the State Liquor Authory and the newly empowered New York Cy Commissn on Human Rights rulted a change policy and the birth of a more open gay bar culture.

JULI' BAR, SE OF HISTORIC GAY 'SIP-,' THREATENED BY PANMIC

Scholars of gay history nsir the sip- at Juli’ as a key event leadg to the growth of legimate gay bars and the velopment of the bar as the central social space for urban gay men and lbians. By the 1960s, Juli’ began attractg gay men, although was not exclively a gay April 21, 1966, members of the Mattache Society, an early gay rights group, anized what beme known as the “Sip-In. ” Their tent was to challenge New York State Liquor Authory (SLA) regulatns that were promulgated so that bars uld not serve drks to known or spected gay men or lbians, sce their prence was nsired facto disorrly.

The SLA regulatns were one of the primary ernmental mechanisms of opprsn agast the gay muny bee they preclud the right to ee assembly.